living creatures See commentary on Revelation 4:6. twenty-four elders See commentary on Revelation 4:4. The NU and MT texts omit twenty-four. Him who ...
Dunghill (koprian). Later word in the Koin vernacular. Here only in the N.T., though in the LXX. Men cast it out (exw ballousin auto). Impersonal plu...
Yet will not I (all ouk egw). Mark records here Peter's boast of loyalty even though all desert him. All the Gospels tell it. See discussion on Mt 26...
Exceeding vehemently (ekperissw). This strong compounded adverb only in Mark and probably preserves Peter's own statement of the remark. About the bo...
Overview - Psalms 88 1?A prayer containing a grievous complaint. Treasury of Scripture KnowledgePsalms 88:14??(King James Version)LORD, why castest th...
I am (ego eimi). Matthew has it, Thou hast said, which is the equivalent of the affirmative. But Mark's statement is definite beyond controversy. See...
Which was named (ou to onoma). Literally, whose name was. On Gethsemane see on Mt 26:36. While I pray (ew proseuxwmai). Aorist subjunctive with ew re...
Simon, sleepest thou? (Simwn, kaqeudei;). The old name, not the new name, Peter. Already his boasted loyalty was failing in the hour of crisis. Jesus...
And the scribes (kai twn grammatewn). Mark adds this item while John 18:3 mentions Pharisees. It was evidently a committee of the Sanhedrin for Jud...
Shall we give or shall we not give? (dwmen h mh dwmen;). Mark alone repeats the question in this sharp form. The deliberative subjunctive, aorist ten...
Twelve baskets (kopinoi dwdeka). For discussion of koponoi and spuride as well as of klasmata (broken pieces) see on Mark 6:43 ; see also Mt 14:20....
Standing where he ought not (esthkota opou ou dei). Matthew 24:15 has standing in the holy place (esto en topoi agiwi), neuter and agreeing with bd...
ZALMON zal'-mon (tsalmon; Selmon, oros Ermon; the King James Version Salmon (Psalms 68:14)): (1) From the slopes of Mt. Zalmon, Abimelech and his fol...
Herod the tetrarch (Hhrwidh tetraarch). Herod Antipas ruler of Galilee and Perea, one-fourth of the dominion of Herod the Great. The report concernin...
When they sacrificed the passover (ote to pasca equon). Imperfect indicative, customary practice. The paschal lamb (note pasca) was slain at 6 P.M., ...
Straightway with haste (euqu meta spoudh). Before the king's rash mood passed and while he was still under the spell of the dancing princess. Herodia...
His corpse (to ptwma autou). See on Mt 24:28. It was a mournful time for the disciples of John. They went and told Jesus ( Matthew 14:12 ). What else...
Not during the feast (Mh en th eorth). They had first planned to kill him at the feast ( John 11:57 ), but the Triumphal Entry and great Tuesday deba...
One of the twelve (ei twn dwdeka). It is as bad as that. The sign that Jesus gave, the one dipping in the dish with me (o embaptomeno met emou ei to ...
Mark 6:54 And when they were come out of the ship Christ and his disciples, and were ashore, straightway they knew him; that is, the men of that plac...